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Vietnamese students can now get access to the most accurate source of information on study opportunities in the U.S. at the EducationUSA Advising Center recently opened in Hanoi.
Institute of International Education Associate Director advising students on choosing the right university at the American Center.
A presentation on higher education in the U.S. was held yesterday at the American Center, in which common questions and misconceptions of the U.S. education system were addressed.
Colleges and universities in the U.S., as explained by Sean Donovan, American Center Assistant and host of...

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese law forbids trade in internal organs but there seems to be a lively underground market, reports the local media.
Kidney patients at Hanoi's Bach Mai hospital (photo: Dan Tri)
Vernacular newspapers have reported that two young men were recently handing out leaflets at the gate of the Army Hospital 108 in Hanoi, each offering one of his kidneys for 50 million dong ($4500). This news has attracted attention to the underground trade in internal organs, particularly kidneys.
VnExpress reported that the two men who...

KT360 – The Vietnam People’s Army will wear new uniforms as of December 12, 2009. This is the largest change in military uniforms and has been approved by the Prime Minister.
The new uniform has been used on a trial basis at some Defense Ministry agencies since April 30, 2009.
Olive-green will be the major color of the new uniforms, however, the shade will differ based on rank.
Some photos of the new uniforms:
The uniforms Air Defense - Air Force and Infantry officers.
Hats
Military badges....

Thien and his students made paper lanterns, while celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival.
(KT360) - No table, no chair, no blackboard, no chalk. It is hard to imagine how it could be a class. But it was – a class of a blind teacher. Students sit down in the yard, and put books on their knees to write. It doesn’t look like a class but both teacher and students are passionately engaged in their English conversations.
Tonight, on the last train from Phan Thiet station to HCM City,...

Students in Ca Mau go to school on ferries. Ca Mau Province pay ferry charges for poor students to coax dropouts back to school
(KT360) - Around 80 per cent of students who dropped out of school in the Mekong delta have returned this academic year, thanks to the efforts of provincial governments to address the causes of their quitting in the first place.
In Bac Lieu, teachers held special classes during the three-month summer vacation for weak students.
Teaching staff in Hau Giang Province investigated the reasons for...

(KT360) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to include instruction on the State’s fight against corruption in education and training curricula in the nation’s schools.
State's fight against corruption plan will be implemented in high school, colleges and universities ( Photo: U.Phuong)
The plan aims to raise awareness of students, public employees and officials in fighting corruption to regain public confidence in the role of the Party and Government.
The plan will be implemented in high schools, colleges, universities, administrative institutions of the Party, State...

(KT360) - Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Da Nang, Hanoi and Hai Phong should lead the country in education quality, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said December 5.
Delegates from five major cities attend a meeting in Hai Phong December 5 held by the Ministry of Education and Training on enhancing Vietnam’s education and training quality (Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper)
Mr. Nhan, who is also the Minister of Education and Training, was speaking at the first conference for the 2009-2010 school year, which was held by...

KT360 – The stories of teachers punishing students, creating deep psychological and physical wounds, have been reported by the local media recently. People have criticized teachers heavily in response, but they have not asked themselves why teachers use such methods.
“It happened in November 2009,” P. recalled. “My students continued playing in class during the lesson even when I asked them many times to pay attention.
“After the math lesson, I erased the blackboard and asked them to repeat the lecture. Ten students could not do the math questions even...

(KT360) - Audiences were touched by a song written by blind music teacher Nguyen Van Thanh which he performed recently at the Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for the blind in Ho Chi Minh City. He wrote the song as a special gift for his students.
Nguyen Van Thanh (standing) helps a student at the Nguyen Dinh Chieu school for the blind in Ho Chi Minh City ( Photo: SGGP)
The song incites students to believe in a happy future despite the hardships of being blind, he says. “I just...

KT360 – If you visit Duc Tho town’s nursery school you might see a man carefully spoon-feeding children and covering them with blankets.
He is Luong Xuan Phong, believed to be the only male nursery school teacher in Vietnam.
Phong did not choose the career. He was trained instead as a musician. After the training course, he ended up in Military Zone No 4. However, soon he had to move to another group after the ensemble decided that it no longer needed him.
However, Phong went onto...

KT360 – Overworked and underpaid - that’s why too few people are choosing to be nursery teachers leaving a serious shortage.
Tuoi Tre’s reporters, who arrived in Tan Binh district’s nursery school in HCM City at 6 am, were surprised when they saw classrooms already lit.
They were even more surprised when teachers, many of them with university degrees, were cleaning and tidying rooms and arranging toys.
The teachers of the Tan Binh district’s nursery school are not alone. This is normal for most nursery school teachers in...

KT360 - The State Council for Professor Title has decided to appoint 706 teachers as Professors and Associate Professors in 2009 on the occasion of the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day which falls on November 20.
Out of 706 teachers nationwide, 65 teachers are recognised as Professors and 641 are recognised as Associate Professors. The medicine ranks first in the number of Professors and Associate Professors as it sees 16 teachers recognised as Professor and 131 recognised as Associate Professors. 47-year old Nguyen Kim Quang is the young teacher granted the title...

(KT360) – Bui The Duy, 31, Dean of the Information Technology Faculty at Hanoi National University, has become the youngest associate professor so far in Vietnam.
Bui The Duy, 31, Dean of the Information Technology Faculty at Hanoi National University, has become the youngest associate professor so far in Vietnam
Previously, in 2007’s professorship granting, two young associate professors were recognized, Tran Hoai Linh, lecturer at the Electricity Faculty under the Hanoi University of Technology, and Nguyen Quang Dieu, lecturer at the Mathematics Faculty under the Hanoi University...

Foreign visitors will be able to use right-hand-drive cars in Vietnam during a period of 30 days under a governmental decree, which will come into force on November 15. The move is a push by the government to boost land road tourism between Vietnam and other countries in the region, such as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. The 30-day limit will be applied to vehicles owned by foreign organizations or individuals with registration plates obtained in foreign countries, Vietnam News Agency reported. In cases of unforeseen circumstances, drivers can extend their...

By: Madeline Ellis
Published: Thursday, 8 October 2009 In recent years, there has been an explosion of Internet use, and it’s easy to understand why. The Internet provides affordable up-to-date information on almost any topic imaginable, around-the-clock entertainment, social networking sites that allow for both public and anonymous communication, and email or online chat that lets us keep in contact with family and friends, even if they’re in another time zone. Most people are able to integrate online time into their lives in a balanced healthy manner, but others...

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the ‘more western’ teaching style being applied at Luong Dinh Cua Primary School in HCM City been criticized, officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have voiced their support for the experiment, reports the newswire Dan Tri.
Le Tien Thanh, Director of MOET’s Primary Education Department, said the new teaching method, which is small-group centered and emphasizes active learning, has been commended to schools by the ministry.
“I can point out many good points of learning in groups,” he said. ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The monthly income of Vietnamese professors is the lowest in the world. They cannot afford to put their energy and intellect into their professional duties, participants at a meeting in HCM City agreed.
Professor Nguyen Dang Hung, a Viet Kieu from Belgium, talks to Vietnamese professors
Dan Tri, an on-line paper that follows education issues closely, was present at a meeting on efforts to increase the number of professors and assistant professors at HCM City National University and recorded the views of several speakers....